InvincibleConnoisseur

Chapter 16 The Bodyguard Treaty

After all, Changji was the capital city of the province. It was ten times more prosperous than the small city where Wang Ke had lived before. Riding in a brand-new taxi, looking at the tall buildings, rows of shops, and a dazzling array of goods outside, he felt overwhelmed.

"It's so lively and crowded. This is a broader stage and the perfect place where I can flex my muscles." Wang Ke, who was sitting in the passenger seat, muttered to himself while staring at the scene outside blankly.

Sitting in the back seat, Li Ruoxi sneered as she turned her beautiful face to the car window. She dismissed Wang Ke's words. Many young people with passionate dreams had flowed into this prosperous city of steel and cement. But after years of hard work, precariousness, and the erosion of social atmosphere, they came to learn the importance of money through hardships and that there was a lot of time, but very little of their own in the hustle and bustle.

If one really wanted to describe the bitterness of those people in a few sentences, a sentence Li Ruoxi once saw on the Internet was very reasonable.

"They get up earlier than chickens, eat worse than pigs, work harder than donkeys, and live cheaper than dogs."

Many people had been taught a lesson by such a life and their passion had worn off and their dreams had been shattered.

The taxi driver was a fat middle-aged man. Hearing Wang Ke's mutter, a bright smile appeared on his face and he asked, "Young man, did you just come to Changji? Or just graduated from school? Haha, a young man with passion and dreams. Good for you!"

Wang Ke woke up from the sluggishness. And only when he heard the fat driver's words did he become aware of his own mutter.

With a hint of surprise on his face, Wang Ke smiled and asked, "Sir, how could you tell that I just came from another place?"

The fat driver smiled and said, "I just guessed by what you just said. Look at this bustling metropolis with a fast-paced life and a high standard of living. To put it mildly, almost everyone is fighting for one's own career. But to put it crudely, everyone is going around the money. Money is not omnipotent, but it is the closest thing to omnipotence. Money talks. It enables you to live in luxury and comfort. If you have no money, you can only work for others in embarrassment as the exploited labor force."

Speaking of this, he quickly glanced out of the car window and sighed as he drove seriously, "This is a bustling place, and it looks glamorous. But behind this beautiful scene, how much bitterness is hidden? Young man, to be honest with you, time is the best poison to grind away your own rough edges. After several years, you will look back and find that in the frequency of life, you can only draw a lesson."

Wang Ke looked at the sighing fat driver blankly and asked, "What lesson?"

"A contented mind is a perpetual feast!"

Wang Ke fell silent. Even though he was ambitious, after hearing the fat driver's words, a trace of sadness rose in his heart.

Looking back on his own life in the past few years, he found that it was true.

If it weren't for the improvement of his cultivation and his sudden possession of the extraordinary vision, how could he have become passionate and ambitious? How could his silent blood surge again?

Li Ruoxi, who exuded a feeling of youth, had a charming smile at the corner of her mouth. Her gaze swept over the silent Wang Ke. Then she looked at the fat driver and asked with a smile, "Sir, if I didn't guess wrong, you should be studying liberal arts back then, right? Do you like literature?"

The fat driver froze, and then his chubby face showed a hint of surprise. He smiled and said, "If you are not a fortune teller, little girl, you are really smart then. You are right. Back then, I studied liberal arts and majored in classical literature. Now, when I return home from work every day, I will write online novels when I have nothing else to do to entertain myself and others."

Li Ruoxi smiled and didn't speak anymore. She stretched out her hand to press her peaked cap to hide her misty eyes.

Wang Ke also showed a hint of surprise, turned around to look at Li Ruoxi, and then turned his gaze out of the car window.

Forty minutes later, the taxi stopped outside the gate of a high-end villa area. After paying the fare and getting out of the car, Wang Ke silently followed behind Li Ruoxi and walked towards the villa area.

Rows of villas were neatly planned, but the construction styles were not the same, which was amazing. The scenery of the villa area was extremely beautiful. Towering old trees were standing beside the wide concrete roads, and the colorful flowers in the garden were blooming. Standing beside the road, one could smell the faint fragrance of flowers floating in the air.

The winding paths extended in all directions in the flower beds. Occasionally, one could see a few bees working hard among the flowers.

In the central square of the villa area, the huge fountain sprinkled with crystal clear water columns, and layers of water mist enveloped the surrounding area.

Wang Ke followed Li Ruoxi. They walked for seven or eight minutes, passed through the central square, and finally arrived in front of a villa building in front of a wide and flat road. The garden-style villa building was in a European style. After just a moment of visual inspection, even Wang Ke, who had never been to a villa area, could feel the magnificence of this villa.

Secretly shocked, the way Wang Ke looked at Li Ruoxi also became a little different. She was able to own such a luxurious villa. Did she really run a small company as she said?

After Li Ruoxi opened the small courtyard door in front of the villa and walked in, Wang Ke silently suppressed the shock in his heart.

"Regardless of what Li Ruoxi's identity is, I might as well take things as they come!"

Opening the door of the villa with a swipe sensor, Li Ruoxi led Wang Ke in. When Wang Ke quickly looked at the luxurious decorations in the villa, Li Ruoxi said plainly, "Wang Ke, this is my home, and you are my bodyguard. So you will also live here in the future. There are six rooms in the corridor. You can choose one to live in. Now you can have a rest first, and in the evening, we will talk about the bodyguard rules. Don't worry. I don't normally bother you, but when necessary, if I go out in a hurry, you must accompany me. Those public places are threatening to my personal safety and dangerous situations are prone to happen."

Wang Ke nodded and said, "No problem."

Watching Li Ruoxi carrying her exquisite bag and walking up to the second floor, Wang Ke started to look at the villa hall again.

It was luxurious and extravagant.

There were all modern high-tech products, and all the furniture was carefully placed. Wang Ke had seen many interior scenes of luxury houses on TV, but this was the first time he had actually seen one in real life.

"In the future, when I have money, I will also buy such a luxurious villa. No, I want to buy a better villa than this." Wang Ke clenched his fists and swore to himself.

A few minutes later, he walked towards the corridor where Li Ruoxi had pointed at just now with his travel bag. He would live here in the future, so he had to decide on which room to choose.

Soon, he went through all the six rooms and finally chose the innermost one.

The room was well equipped with appliances, and there was a large Simmons bed, a fifty-five-inch LCD TV, an air-conditioner, a refrigerator, and even a desktop computer.

"So luxurious! It's really luxurious. Every room has the same configuration. How much money does the fancy Li Ruoxi need to pay for these appliances? Alas, she is such a prodigal girl. Who can afford to marry her if he can't make money like printing presses?"

After Wang Ke put down his travel bag, he scanned the surroundings several times before he sighed.

There was a large separate bathroom inside. The bathing device was the most advanced bathroom heater.

In a luxurious suite on the second floor, Li Ruoxi sat lazily on a soft sofa, slowly took out her mobile phone and dialed a set of phone numbers. After it was put through, Li Ruoxi said plainly, "Help me investigate a man. I will send you his photo on my phone, and his name and general information to your e-mail immediately. It must be fast."

"Yes, Boss." An answer came from the phone.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the security guard of the villa area arrived and he sent a courier, which was signed by Wang Ke. Wang Ke still clearly remembered the weird look on the face of the security guard after seeing him.

At dusk, a middle-aged woman in her forties with a kind face came in from the outside carrying a basket of vegetables. When she saw Wang Ke standing in the yard, she suddenly became alert and hurriedly asked, "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Wang Ke frowned. He turned back and looked at the door of the villa lobby behind him and said, "I am Miss Li Ruoxi's bodyguard. I came with her at noon today. I will live here in the future. What are you?"

The middle-aged woman froze, and then the vigilant look on her face disappeared. And there was even a touch of kindness on her face. She stepped forward and looked at Wang Ke carefully before nodding and laughing in satisfaction, "I am the housekeeper here. Since you are the lady's bodyguard and you will live here, we will be colleagues from now on. You are very young. If you don't mind, you can call me Mrs. Song!"

The housekeeper?

In the new era of the twenty-first century, was there still a job as a housekeeper?

Wang Ke blinked, and then smiled and said, "Hello, Mrs. Song, nice to meet you."

Mrs. Song, the housekeeper, was quite satisfied with Wang Ke's performance and smiled, "Let's go. Don't stand in the yard. Since you are the lady's bodyguard, you must take good care of her and keep her safe. It is not easy to work hard outside for a girl and I am worried that she might be wronged and endangered."

Wang Ke nodded and said, "Mrs. Song, don't worry! This is my duty. I will definitely do my best to protect the boss."

Following Mrs. Song, Wang Ke accompanied her to the kitchen until the delicious food was ready before he helped bring the food to the dining room table.

At dinner time, Li Ruoxi saw the familiarity between Wang Ke and Mrs. Song and did not waste her time introducing them to each other.

After dinner, Mrs. Song was busy cleaning up the tableware. Wang Ke had wanted to help, but Mrs. Song pushed him out.

"Wang Ke, since Mrs. Song doesn't need your help here, you can come upstairs with me! Let's talk." Li Ruoxi said as she was watching Wang Ke being pushed out of the kitchen with folded arms.

Wang Ke nodded and went to a large living room on the second floor with Li Ruoxi, which was obviously used to receive guests.

What he hadn't expected was that Li Ruoxi didn't talk about business with him immediately. Instead, she made a pot of good tea in person and poured a cup for Wang Ke, then said slowly, "Since you have accepted my invitation, you will be my bodyguard from now on. So we must sign a contract with terms that bodyguards need to pay attention to. Take a look at these bodyguard rules. Besides, there are several prohibitions written by me on this paper. I hope you can remember them."

Wang Ke reached out and took the bodyguard rules and the paper. He carefully read the treaties written by Li Ruoxi on paper.

"Do not enter the area above the second floor at will..."

"Don't bring outsiders into the house without the permission of the boss..."

"When you are at home, you must dress decently, and you must have no evil thoughts..."

"If the boss goes out to do errands, you must follow her to protect..."

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